Director of Engineering, TorcOS

About the role

We are seeking a seasoned engineering leader to join our TorcOS organization. The Director of Engineering – TorcOS will oversee and drive the execution strategy, organizational effectiveness, and engineering delivery across foundational software domains including embedded Linux platforms, middleware systems, device drivers, data recording infrastructure, and AUTOSAR base software.

What You’ll Do

• Develop business plans and operational priorities to meet goals and objectives of the organization.
• Facilitate processes for the delivery of scalable and high-quality embedded software platforms supporting autonomous driving systems.
• Collaborate with other management and engineering teams as needed to meet goals, monitor performance, and achieve objectives.
• Drive organizational accountability through metrics, engineering processes, and delivery standards.
• Understand the technical domain of the team’s embedded platform and middleware solutions.
• Build and develop strong engineering teams and leaders while fostering accountability, technical excellence, and operational consistency across the organization.
• Continuously evaluate organizational effectiveness, engineering processes, and technical execution while proactively identifying and resolving roadblocks within the organization and across partner teams.
• Support organizational scalability through process improvements, engineering best practices, and operational consistency.
• Partner with platform, autonomy, hardware, safety, and integration teams to ensure reliable system-level software delivery.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Ability to be a strategic partner to the organization and identify and plan for future organizational and technical needs.
• Strong engineering background within embedded software systems and platform development environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading managers and engineering organizations responsible for highly complex software platforms.
• Experience driving engineering processes, organizational standards, and scalable delivery frameworks across distributed teams.
• Ability to effectively manage a team of managers and professionals while identifying opportunities to grow and develop the organization.
• Strong experience with embedded Linux systems, middleware frameworks, or low-level platform software.
• Experience working with safety-critical or highly reliable software systems.
• Experience driving cross-functional execution across software, hardware, systems, integration, and validation organizations.
• Ability to evangelize best practices and promote consistent standards including test automation, observability, platform reliability, and performance metrics.
• Experience supporting incident response, root-cause investigations, security initiatives, and compliance activities.
• Strong communication and organizational leadership skills in fast-paced engineering environments.

Bonus Points

• Experience within the autonomous vehicle industry.
• Experience within the Automotive Industry.
• Experience leading embedded Linux or middleware platform organizations.
• Experience with device drivers, BSPs, or hardware abstraction layers.
• Experience with robotic communication frameworks or distributed software systems.
• Experience with AUTOSAR base software and microcontroller platforms.
• Experience with safety-critical system designs and standards.
• Experience with system bring-up, bootloaders, flashing tools, or platform integration activities.
• Experience supporting large-scale sensor data systems, logging, or recording frameworks.

Perks of Being a Full-time Torc'r

• A competitive compensation package that includes a bonus component and stock options.
• 100% paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees.
• 401K plan with a 6% employer match.
• Flexibility in schedule and generous paid vacation (available immediately after start date).
• AD+D and Life Insurance.

About the Company

At Torc, we have always believed that autonomous vehicle technology will transform how we travel, move freight, and do business. A leader in autonomous driving since 2007, Torc has spent over a decade commercializing our solutions with experienced partners. Now a part of the Daimler family, we are focused solely on developing software for automated trucks to transform how the world moves freight. Join us and catapult your career with the company that helped pioneer autonomous technology, and the first AV software company with the vision to partner directly with a truck manufacturer.